Each year the technology gets enhanced and we get so many new electronic devices with different features that make our life style flexible and automated. This has been possible due to the various types of microcontrollers that are being researched, tested and launched from time to time.

Few such MCUs that have been recently launched are Tiva C Series TM4C123x by Texas Instruments, Marvell 88MC2000 by Avnet Memec and EFM32™ Zero Gecko by Silicon labs.

Marvell 88MC2000 This microcontroller chip brought by AVNET Memec enables high performance computing for various smart devices at a very cost effective price. It has a processing speed of 200MHz and provides an on chip DC/DC converter with a rich I/O capability.

Tiva C Series TM4C123x This serie of MCUs were formally known as Stellaris LM4F. This is the Texas Instrument’s first Cortex M based MCU to be built on their 65nm flash process technology. They combine Texas Instrument’s on-chip features such as robust software ecosystem, high-performance analog and system expertise in the connected applications. This series of MCU along with real-time control C2000, innovative low-power MSP430 and safety MCU platforms allow customers to choose the perfect MCU that would meet their design requirements.

EFM32™ Zero Gecko It is considered to be industry’s most energy friendly 32 bit MCU that is based on ARM Cortex M0+ processor. This series of MCU pioneered by Energy Micro and launched by Silicon Labs includes 16 cost effective MCU products that have been designed from the ground up in order to enable the lowest possible energy consumption for all the devices that have been connected together enabling Internet of Things (IoT). Its energy saving feature called the Peripheral Reflex System (PRS) monitors the complex system level events and thus allows different MCU peripherals so that they can directly communicate with each other and autonomously without any involvement of the CPU.

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